Supplemental hood for automobiles.



0. L. HOBBS. SUPPLEMENTAL HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLIOATIOYI'ILED FEB. 14, 190B.

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901,61 Patented 001;. 20, 1908.

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SUPPLEMENTAL HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

To ali i/17mm may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES L. HoBBs, u oith: tool. the United States, residing at Chicago; in the county of Cook and State of Illi- IflOlS, have ,irwcntcd certain new and useful Improi l-merits in ttlupplementztl Hoods for Automohiles, oi which. the following is o specification. 1

Considerable difficulties have been experienced with. gosolene automobiles in cold weather due to the foot that when they are left standing idle :lor 5% time they cool ofl to such an extent that they will not start up readily. When it is extremely cold or when 5 they are left standing; for a long time in freezing temperuture it may he that the water which circulates throug the cylinder pickets and radiator, lor the purpose of cooling the former, will freeze. lvhircover, the full power of the gesolene engine is developedonly after the engine has attained c certsin degree of heat, so that there is it gain in effectiveness if the engine can he kept from cooling too much. 'hly invention is intended to'ohviotc these di'lhcultlos and it consists broadly in the pro- "vision. of 'mthns to retain the heat of the engine and water circulating system so as to prevent "its escape and the consequent lowering of temperature when the automobile is o standing idle.

With. my invention it is perfectly practicahis to keep the tempersture' the ports referred to up to at point that facilitates starting after any ordinary stop of the automobile. lit is eve-npossihlc to retain the heat in the writer circulating system and the other ports under the out'on'iohile hood all night long, so

that oft-er on, automobile is run. into the a win. the evening it may be taken ou ttho l: l morning and started up witlifout delay or Referring to the drztwi igs+Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iront of an. automo- Elli) showing my invention applied. thereto. tivo view of the same parts from o differenttingle. lTigs. 3, l. 5 and 6 illustrate details of the invention. Fig. 7 is o iierspoctivo view-oi s n'iodiiicotio'n oi a. detail. I

The dosh-ho2trd in. front of the operator 0 the. automobile is represented by the reference numeral 15. The engine and other pieces of u'g msrctus are in front of this doshhoard and are ooyorci'l hy a. removable sheet fit the front end of this hood Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 14;, 1908. Serial No. 415,807.

Patented. Oct. 20., 190B.

cooling writer circulates in circuit with the writer jackets of the engine cylinders. All these parts are old and ore here mentioned merely in order to show how my invention is applied.

. provide it flexible heat insulating cover-.

'ing 18, which is adopted to fit over the hood 16. This is stiflen ed in a. longitudinal direction? by means of the intermediate rods 19 and the edge rods 20. Holes 21 are provided preferably in the rods 19 and 20, corresponding to staples 22 on the automobile hood and when the supplemental hood 18 is applied, a strap 23 of leather or other suitable material is slipped through the staples 22 21s they projcct t 1 buckles 24 are provided to which the ends of the strap may be attached. ,At the front end, the auxiliary hood 1 8 is designated by the reference numeral 25. Flexihly attached to the front end of the supplemental hood at its sides, as indicoted by the reference numerals 27, are the two flops 26 which may be turned in over the front of the radiator or may be turned back against the sides of the hood. Their upper edges fit in sun gly under t he edge when they are closed. A row of buttons 28 is provided along the edge of one flop 26 and loops 29 extend from these buttons.

lorresponding buttons 30 are urrmigcdulong the edge of the other lop so that when the two flops 26 are closed across 'theiront of the radiator the loops 29 may he made to engage the buttons 30 and hold the flaps in place.

On each side of the supplemental hood 18,

buttons 31 provided with loops 32 extending therefrom adopted to engagethe 'ough the"holes 21, thus securing the' auxiliary hood 18 to the main hood'16.-

buttons 28 or 30 on the .llups when the latter are turned back, and hold them in the desired position.

Directlyunderneath the main hood 1 6 and the ports protected thereby, is a shield or apron 33, which arches across downwardly f om the framework of the automobile. It is I infront, as indicated by the reference uerul ill, and behind, as indicated by the Along its sides it has Eli ' riyiorcnce numeral 35.

I BEST AVAILABLE COPY button holes'which engage buttons 49 (only of the hood and the hinged closure 36 should one of which is shown in Fig. 6) on the inside 1 be opened wide. When the automobile is to edges of the frame members 50. -Its front stand for a short length of time the jacketing edge is brought well forward so as to lap effect of the hood 18 may be sullicientto reslightly over the loweredge of the front face vent extensive radiation of heat. But-w ion 70 of the radiator 17. The rear wall 35has'a'n the automobile is to stand for a considerable openin 37 therein which is adapted to be length-bf time, then the operator should closed by a hinged door 36, normally held [dose the bin ed door 36 and the front flaps open by its gravity, but adapted to beclosed l 26/which will completely shut inthe en ines in opposition'thereto by means of the cord 39 and the water circulating system and eep 75 assing through the hole 40 in the dashthem sufficiently hot for a long time.

board 15. The cord 39 may be held in any While I have illustrated my invention as desired ositidn by means of the clip 41 and applied to aparticular design of automobile, thus hold the door 36 at any desired degree it will be obvious that within the scope of the of closure. following claims, and by the mere exercise of 80 7 As a material'for the supplementary hood ordinary mechanical skill by one familiar j 18, I prefer to make a flexiblecovering built with the art, the invention may be adapted pof elements, as illustratedin Fig. 3,'lwherc to other designs of automobiles. In some in 42 is an outer sheath of pantasote or other cases it may not be necessary to provide the r water-proof material, 43, 1s a layer of filter under sheath 33, for the supplemental hood 85h aper or other porous paper, which I have 18 may be suflicient. Its use is not limited fbund to be a very eflieient non-conductor of to machines employing a water circulating heat, and 44 is an inner layer of eider-down system, but extends to air cooled engines as cloth which is soft and will not mar or abrade well. Such modifications and others are the main hood of the automobile. Instead intended to be comprehended within the 90 oflining the flaps 26 with elder-down cloth following claims. they may preferably be lined with carriage Referring to the modification illustrated in I cloth so as to present a neat appearance Fig. 7, in this case the su plemcntal hood 18 when turned back against the side of the does not extend beyond the front of the radihood. ator, and the front 26 is entirely detachable 95 As a material for the underlying shield 33, therefrom, having a flange 50 which es the rear wall and the door 36, I refer to around the, edge of the radiator when 1t is use sheet asbestos firmly applied etween applied thereto. Thisflar geis p riately two layers of protecting canvas 'by means notched at 51 whereby is adagigll to fit 35 of any suitable cementing substance. The around the sufppl connection. 52. This 100 edges of the door should preferably be bound notch 51 also aci 'tates folding the front with a thin-stri of sheet metal. cover 26 when it is removed from the front For the longitudinal ribs 19 and 20, which of the radiator. Buttons 53 on the hood 18 serve to hold the sup lemental hood in shape, coact with button holes 54in the flange 5Q.to-

' i Ipreferto take sma tubes of brass or ot er kee the cover 26in lace. A strap5'5 jnnd 105 i v a the cross section willbe as indicated in Fig. 4, ator supply connection 52 and thus assistfip v i 65 26 should be fastened back against the sides suitable material and collapse them so that buc le 56am adapte .to go behind the I'dli? wherein re resents t'liewall of the colholding the cover 26 in -place. la s'edtube. hen the flcxible material 18 45 o .the auxiliary hood may b'e'att ached in the I trough or depression of the rod 45 by means hood, consisting of a heat insulating cover- I claim:

of fasteners 46 having tongues 47 bent down 111g adapted to be a pl'ied to substantially within the said trough. The heads of the the ent re-outer sui' ace of theautomobile fasteners 46 should he fitted down into" hood, and detachably connected theretoi. l y countersunk depressions 48. A covering for the frontxo'f an autonjoi "'115 Only a few words of explanation of the bile radiator, consistingg of a'c'over of-' heat operation of my device will e necessary, for insulating material, adapted tofit across said v in the main it is obvious. This supplemental front or to be displaced therefrom-.- hood 18 being attached to the main hood 16 3. A supplementalhootl'for an automobile may be turned back therewith and can stay hood consisting of a flexible? covering made 1n lace in cold weather whether theautoup of an outer layer of water proof'materiaL- mobile is running or standing still. It prean intermediate layer ofh'eat insulating mae sents no im edimcnt to turning back the terial, and an inner layer ofasoft fabric.

main. hood. when that is desirable in order to. r 4. A supplemental hood for an auto mobile 60 get at the apparatus beneath. When the hood, consisting of a flexible water-proofautomobile is running and it is desired that f hcatfihsulatiiig covering adapted to be apair should pass through the radiator 17 in i plied to the surface of thc automobile hood order to cool the water which circulates i so as to be substantially co-cxtensive therethrough the cylinder jackets, then the flaps I with, and adapted to be dctachably'connected thereto. i

1. A supplemental hood for an automobile 11 0 5. A supplemental hood for an automobile hood, consisting of a heat insulating covering adapted to beapplied to the outer surface of the automobile hood, holes in the supplemen s hood having a 1 face of the strap adapted to pass .t irough the sta ice and thus connect the supplemental hOOL to the automobile hood 6. A supplemental hood for an automobile hood, consisting of a heat insulating covering adapted to be applied to the outer surface of the automobile hood, lon itudinal rods attached to the supplementa hood, and means for detachably connecting the rods to the automobile hood.

, 7. A. supplemental hood for an automobile hood having a radiator adjacent thereto consisting of a flexible heat insulating covering adapted to be laced over the outer surface of the hood, an a cover adapted to go across the outer face .of the radiator or be displaced therefrom.

8. A supplemental hood for an automobile radiator at the front thereof, consisting of ajiexible heat insulating covering adapted to be placed over theouter surhood, and a flanged closure adapt ed to be placed across the front face of the radiator With its flanges about the edges thereof, or to be displaced therefrom.

9.. A covering for an automobile hood having a radiator adjacent thereto, consisting of flexible heat insulating material extending the automobile hood;

over substantially the entire outer surface of the automobile hood and the outer surface of the radiator, that art of the covering over the outer surface of the radiator being adapted to be displaced therefrom.

10. As a means for retaining the heat in the engine and associated parts of an au 'tomobile, a supplementary heat insulating hood over parts referred to, a cover across the front, an apron underneath, an opening in said apron, and an adjustable closure across the opening. 11. A supplemental hood for an automo bile, consisting (if a flexible covering adapted i to be applied to the outer surface of the automobile hood and having stiffening ribs extending in a longitudinal direction.

12. As a means of retaining the heat within the engine and associated parts of an automobile, a hood over said engine and parts, a displaceable closure to go across the front of thehood, and means for attaching said closure in place. 13. As a means of retaining the heat Within the engine and associated parts of an automobile, a hood over said engine and parts. a displaceable closure to go-across the front of the hood, a flange on said closure adapted to surround the peri iheral surface of the radiator, and means to lusten the cover in place. CHARLES '1. HOBBS. l/Jitnesses:

EDYTHE M. ANDERSO l ANNA L. Savoin. 

